On the Wess-Zumino Model: a supersymmetric field theory

Authors

  • Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha University of Delhi, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Delhi – 110007, India
  • Usha Kulshreshtha University of Delhi, Kirori Mal College, Department of Physics, Delhi – 110007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2022.62.0080

Keywords:

Wess-Zumino model, supersymmetric field theories, Hamiltonian and path integral quantization

Abstract

We consider the free massless Wess-Zumino Model in 4D which describes a supersymmetric field theory that is invariant under the rigid or global supersymmetry transformations where the transformation parameter ϵ (or ϵ ) is a constant Grassmann spinor. We quantize the theory using the Hamiltonian and path integral formulations.

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Published

2022-02-28

How to Cite

Kulshreshtha, D. S., & Kulshreshtha, U. (2022). On the Wess-Zumino Model: a supersymmetric field theory. Acta Polytechnica, 62(1), 80–84. https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2022.62.0080

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 1 (2022): Analytic and Algebraic Methods in Physics

Section

Analytic and Algebraic Methods in Physics

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